Order Toll Free 1-800-8-OLIVER (1-800-865-4837) The Oliver Press, Inc. Charlotte Square 5707 West 36th Street Minneapolis, MN 55416-2510 Tel: (952) 926-8981 Fax: (952) 926-8965	Communications: Sending the Message Thomas Streissguth ©1997
	144 pages 85 black-and-white photos and illustrations Reinforced library binding 7" x 9" Timeline of communications inventions Glossary Bibliography Index Grades 5 and up ISBN: 1-881508-41-2 $21.95	“Streissguth has compiled the entire time line of communications history. After an introduction in which the author gives a brief overview of communications technology through the ages, readers are introduced to successive revolutions in human communications and their inventors, from Gutenberg and the printing press to Edison and Marconi, to the ‘information superhighway.’ . . . Each chapter presents an interesting, easy-to-understand, and authoritative biography of a major figure (or figures) in this important field. . . . A welcome addition to most collections.” —School Library Journal Also includes Samuel Morse (telegraph), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), Lee de Forest and Edwin Armstrong (radio), and Philo Farnsworth (television).